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Dec. 6, 1949 R. N. WARD ET AL REGISTER Filed Feb. 25, 1946 INVENTDR IvDec. 6, 1949 R. N. WARD ET AL 2,490,390

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N INVERTER ROBERT N. WARD N HERMAN F. SADGEBURY HTTO ENE? 5 Dec. 6, 1949R. N. WARD ETAL 2,490,390

REGISTER Filed Feb. 25, 1946' 4 Sheets-Sheet 336 INVENTUR ROBERT N. WARDHERMEAN E SADGEBURY ELTTURNEIS Dec. 6, 1949 R. N. WARD ET AL 1 2,490,390

REGISTER Filed Feb. 25, 1946 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 FIGJZ INVENTUR ROBERT N.WARD Meg /m F SADGEBURY ywfw HTTDENEFHS Patented Dec. 6, 1949 REGISTERRobert N. Ward and HermanF. Sadgebury,.l)ayton, Ohio, assignors to TheEgryBegister Company, Dayton, Ohio, a corporation of Ohio ApplicationFebruary 25, 1946, Serial No. 649,880 3 Claims. (01. 282-l6) Thisinvention relates to paper handling machinery and, particularly, toregisters such as counter registers employed for recording individualsales.

- One object of this invention is to provide a construction ofsuch, aregister in which the paper handling mechanism may be removed as a unitand mounted in another frame if desired.

'Anotherobjectis to provide a register having alcase, and operatingequipment therein which is mounted on asubframe that is removed from andinserted into the case as an integral unit.

Still another object is to provide a register having a case and aremovable paper handling unit therein that is divided into twocompartments.

"Still another object is to provide a register according to theforegoingobjects in which carbon paper is supplied between the sheets passingthrough the register from a compartment within the case of the register.

'A still further object is to provide an improved means 'for disengagingthe paper feed rolls from the paper to permit alignment of the paper andto permit the paper to be removed or inserted.

These and other objects and advantages will become -more apparent uponreference to the iollowing description and accompanying drawings inwhich:

Figure 1 isa perspective of a register according to this invention as itwould appear in operation;

Figure 2 isa View similar to Figure 1 but showing the register open;

"Figure 3 is a longitudinal section taken substantially in the plane3-3-3 as indicated on ll V I Fi'giire 4 is a transverse view takensubstantially along the line 4-4 fof Figure 3;

, Figure S is A {plan view over the register with portions thereofreinoved;

rie is a viewtaken substantially along the me '6"'6 'of,F gl re 5.andshows the mannerof iig the carbon paper between the record 7: igur'eji's a fragmentary view showing how the gma'l and duplicate of thewritten sheets are Figure 9 "i s. a If3fi1entary showing the g 2 meansfor locking the register in a closed pojsion; r. Figure 10 is anenlarged view'illustrating the paper feed rolls;

Figure 11 is a fragmentary view taken on the line H-I l of Figure 5showing thefdrive between the shaft of the crank and the paper rolls; r

Figure 12 is a view taken on the.line l?'l2 of Figure 5 and showing themechanism ier separating the paper-feed rolls when it'is desired torelease the paper fro'm them;and L Figures 13 and 14' are viewsillustrating mechanism for stopping the paper aligning pris in operativeposition and' or releasing them when aieeding movement is commenced i N1Referring to the drawings, andp rticularly to Figures 1 through 5, aregister constructed according to this invention comprises an outer ca se generally indicated at II] which includes a lidl2 pivoted, at M andenclosing the duplicate c995 compartment. The case also has a lid 16pivoted at i8 and enclosing a compartment containing a supply of form tobe used. Also pivoted at 18 is'a writing table 20 over whichthe-papersto be written on are drawn by a paper .feed mecha-. nismgenerally indicated at .22. Access: to the forms-is had through anaperturei l in'theylid I6, the aperture being of such a size. thatatheentire form may be inscribed if necessary without moving the paper.

To supply carbon for transferring the written information to theduplicate or duplicates in the machine there is provided a pair ofbrackets as at 26 and '28 supported on the inside oifone side wall ofthe register case "land detachably supporting a carbon feed roll 30. Asseen in Figure 6 the carbon sheets 32 may be drawn frpin the carbon feedroll 3q and passedbetweenthe paper sheets 34 and thence to the exteriorof the case at the other side. At the saidother side there is a bar 3'6which is pivoted at 3B and latched at its other end by a spring pressedlatch 4!). The bar 35' may be releasedso that "the end of the carbonsheets may be grasped and ia new writing area drawn across the ta'ble2H. 'I'l iereafter, the bar 36 is returned to its Figure-irresition andserves as atearing edge for removin the used carbon. l'lhe writing table20 is sup- P ed i t W i p si o by r Si neat QIi side on the bracket 26and at the other-side on a pair of tabs 42 which are turned out fro1n abar l i secured to the side wallof the case i0. 1 After the forms havepassed through the; paper feed mechanism at 22, they may be divided asshown in Figures 3 and '7, by the edge 46 of the lid I2 so that one ormore thereof passes through to the outside of the register and one ormore thereof will fall inside the register. The forms which pass out ofthe register may be torn off against a suitable edge and disposed of asdesired.

The forms are supplied to the writing table 20 from the supplycompartment through an aperture 48 in the said table and over a roller50 which prevents the folds in the forms from snagging on the edge ofthe table 20.

The supply compartment is generally indicated at 52 while thecompartment which receives the written duplicates is generally indicatedat 54. A divider plate 56 which has a paper guiding portion at 58separates the compartments one from the other while a channel-shaped orU-shaped sub-frame indicated at 60 and having the side walls 62 and 64forms the bottom and side walls for the said compartments.

The sub-frame 60 together with the divider plate 56 are secured to thecasing I by suitable detachable means such as the nuts and boltsindicated at 66. By removing the nuts and bolts the entire sub-frame maybe lifted from the register case as a unit.

To further unify the mechanism which is removable from the case, thesub-frame 60 supports the paper feed mechanism 22. The said feedmechanism comprises an upper roll 68' and a lower roll I0 which aredrivingly connected by the gears I2. As best seen in Figure 10, thelower roll I0 has its ends journaled in a pair of plates I4 that arerigidly mounted on the side walls of the sub-frame. The upper roll 66has the ends of its shaft journaled in the plates 16 which lie againstthe plates 14 and are reciprocable relative thereto in a verticaldirection. The screws, springs and nuts shown at I0 continuously urgethe bars I6 downwardly and thus urge the rolls into paper grippingposition. Access may be had to the aforementioned nuts through apertures80 in the register case so that the thrust of the springs may beadjusted.

The lower feed roll I0 is driven through a gear train, as shown inFigure 11, forming shaft 82 connected with the crank 84 which is securedto the said shaft externally of the case I0. The

first gear in the gear train has associated therewith a ratchet 86 whichis pivoted on the side wall 64 of the sub-frame 60 and engages with thesaid gear in order to permit rotation thereof in one direction only.This gear train is indicated at B8 and drives directly into the lower ofthe gears "I2. It will be noted that the lower of the gears I2, that isthe one connected with the feed roll 10, is considerably larger than thegear I2 connected with the feed roll 68. Thus, the feed roll 68 operatesat a greater speed and is correspondingly smaller.

For aligning the paper at the end of each feeding operation, the shaftof the feed roll 68 mounts a pair of sleeves 90 that include the rollertipped plungers 92 which lie directly in the path of the file holes 94.in the paper forms. Friction clutch means at 96 serve continuously tourge the sleeves 90 to rotate with the feed roll 68. Each of the sleeves90 carries at its outer end a cam portion 98, better seen in Figures 13and 14. The cams are substantially aligned with the pins 92 and are ofsuch a size that they will engage the lower of the feed roll shafts andseparate the said rolls when in their Figure 13 position, In thisposition a latch arm I00 which is secured to cross shaft I02 carried inthe sub-frame engages and halts rotation of the said sleeves.

One of the arms I00 has connected therewith a spring I04 whichcontinuously urges the saidarms to engage the cams and the one of thearms adjacent the first of the drive gears 88 has a surface as at I06adapted for engagement by a pin I08 carried by the said gear. When thepin I08 engages the surface I06, the cams 98 are released and permit thesleeves to rotate with the shaft of the feed roll 68.

To insure that the feed rolls will always stop in their Figure 13position, the crank 84 connected with the shaft 82 has a stop pin III]that is carried on a plate H2. The stop pin II 0 lies normally inposition to be engaged by a stop pin I I4 on the case I0, and thisengagement comes about when the parts are in their Figure 13 position.Thereafter, when it is desired to feed paper the plate H2 is moved todisengage the pins H0 and H4 and the crank 84 is turned until the pinsagain abut.

By the arrangement set forth above, the roll 58 and the sleeves 90rotate more rapidly than r011 I0 and bring the plungers 92 intoengagement with the form a substantial period of time before the fileholes therein reach the said plungers. Thereafter, the sleeves 90 remainstationary until the file holes become aligned with the said plungers,whereupon the sleeves 90 again rotate until they are halted in theirFigure 13 position. This accurately aligns the forms in the sameposition each time the crank is operated.

To separate the feed rolls manually, th plates 16 and I4 are connectedby an eccentric mechanism at Il6 which is operated by lever H8. Thereciprocable plates I6 have an elongated slot I20 therein such that theplate I6 reciprocates freely in normal operation but is lifted toseparate the feed rollers when the arm H8 is manually rotated. By meansof this mechanism the rollers may be separated to permit the paper to beinitially fed in or to be removed from the machine.

The minimum spacing of the feed rollers are limited by cooperatingcollars as at I22 carried at each end of the shafts and adapted forengagement to prevent wearing contact of one of the feed rollers on theother.

When the register is in its closed position the lid I2 is supported bythe edge of the frame 10 and the lid I6 is supported on the lid I2 bymeans of the pins I24 carried by the said lid I6 and overlying the edgeof the lid I2. To retain the register closed, the lid I6 comprisesdependent portions I26 which are apertured to receive the latches I20that are pivoted on a cross shaft I30. At one side of the register thereis an arm I32 having a nose which engages the back of the latch memberI28 on that side. The arm I32 also comprises a roller adapted forengagement with the plunger of a lock mechanism I34. When the lock islocked, the arm I32 is rotated thereby to urge the latch member I28 intoengagement with the depending portions I26. When the lock is unlocked, aspring I36 withdraws the latch members and nermits the lids to beopened.

The copy sheets which are delivered to the compartment 54 normally fallinto their proper folded position and are assisted in this by the bailI38 which is suspended from the lid I2. However, should the copies notfold correctly into the compartment or should the compartment become toofull to receive other copies, a second 5 ball I40 is also suspended fromthe lid and is adapted for movement by a knurled thumb wheel M2 tocompress the pack to permit further sheets to be supplied thereto.

To facilitate the removal of the record pack in the compartment 54 thereis a thin metallic sheet as at I44 which extends from the divider plate56 to overlie the lower lid I2. Then, when the lid 12 is opened, therecord pack is lifted from the floor of its compartment and may readilybe grasped to be removed.

It will be seen that this invention provides for a register of thecounter type which is readily loaded and unloaded, which maintains thepaper properly aligned at all times, and which has the operatingmechanism thereof independently supported in a sub-frame which isdetachable from the register case. By this last provision, the paperhandling mechanism may be readily adapted to forms of difierent lengthsor mounted in cases of difierent design, or finished as a unit to beinserted in a case according to the individual preference of the user.

It will be understood that this invention is susceptible to modificationin order to adopt it *I to different usages and conditions and,accordingly, it is desired to comprehend such modifications within thisinvention as may fall Within the scope of the appended claims.

We claim:

1. In an autographic register comprising an outer case having a base,ends, side walls and a movable lid, a pivoted writing table locatedbeneath said lid, a sub-frame having a base extending along said casebase and having side walls lying in spaced parallel relationship to saidcase side walls, means for removably attaching said case and sub-frameto each other, a partition in said sub-frame dividing the same intopaper supply and paper receiving compartments, paper feed means carriedby said sub-frame including rollers, gearing mounted on one of saidsub-frame side Walls, and a crank having a shaft extending through saidlast named side walls and drivingly connected to said gearing, saidsubframe having open ends and said paper feed means being mountedsubstantially midway between the open ends of said sub-frame 2. In anautographic register comprising an outer case having a base, ends, sideWalls and a movable lid, a pivoted writing table located beneath saidlid, a sub-frame having a base extending along said case base and havingside walls lying in spaced parallel relationship to said case sidewalls, said sub-frame being of channel shape and extending substantiallythe length and height of said outer case, means for removably attachingsaid case and sub-frame to each other, a partition in said sub-framedividing the same into paper supply and paper receiving compartments,paper feed means carried by said subframe includin rollers, gearingmounted on one of said sub-frame side walls, and a crank having a shaftextending through said last named side walls and drivingly connected tosaid gearing, said sub-frame having open ends and said paper feed meansbeing mounted substantially midway between the open ends of saidsubframe.

3. In an autographic register comprising an outer case having a base,ends, side walls and a movable lid, a pivoted writing table locatedbeneath said lid, a sub-frame having a base extending along said casebase and having side walls lying in spaced parallel relationship to saidcase side walls, means for removably attaching said case and sub-frameto each other, a partition in said sub-frame dividing the same intopaper supply and paper receiving compartments, paper feed means carriedby said sub-frame including rollers, gearing mounted on one of saidsubframe side walls, and a crank having a shaft extending through saidlast named side walls and drivingly connected to said gearing, saidsub-frame having open ends and said paper feed means being mountedsubstantially midway between the open ends of said sub-frame.

ROBERT N. WARD. HERMAN F. SADGEBURY.

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